Moments
What is happiness? There are countless books, articles, comics, and even TV shows on how to be happy or what makes people happy. The more I think about it, happiness is really about a collection of moments. Moments like getting a good grade in school, watching a sunset, being in the arms of your lover, […]
How To Create A Relationship Plan
Walking along the beach near my office I get to see a lot of weddings. The hopeful celebration of two people, and their families and friends, coming together and making promises of love, life, security, and a future together. I think of the promises that are made; the spoken and unspoken that we speak to our partner when […]
What Is The Best Gift To Give Your Spouse Or Partner This Year?
As the holiday season approaches, I keep thinking about what gifts hold the most meaning. In therapy sessions, I frequently hear couples say, “If only we could have just talked to each other more,” “If only we had more time…how did our lives get so crazy?”, “I just don’t remember or know who you are any more…or who I […]
Technology and Relationships
So the other day I was watching TV and an old valentines commercial came on. By the end of the commercial I didn’t have the words to express how I was feeling. The commercial started with a couple out to dinner and she picks up her cell phone and starts looking at it while he […]
Fighting
I just read an article explaining how sometimes in marriage you have to lose to “win”. This makes me think about a statement I have heard and I often say to my clients “you can be right or you can be in relationship with”. What does that mean to you and what do you want? Do you […]
Intersections
I recently heard someone talking about intersections in life. I found it incredibly insightful. It made me think about all the different times in our lives when we run into our own intersections and what does that mean? When I think about intersections, I think about change, fear, loss or the ending of something, uncertainty, difference, and […]
Knowing When To Ask For Help
In honor of May being Mental Health Awareness month I thought I would write a quick blog about how to know when it is time to ask for help, how to find a therapist in your area, and a good resource guide. As a therapist I believe that we all could use some help in some regard. […]
Desire
The 50 Shades SeriesPart 1, Desire I recently read the 50 shades of Grey series by EL James, and have decided to include my comments on the books. This series offers up so many different areas of discussion that I will be doing my own 50 Shades of Grey series. I recently saw EL James interviewed […]
Power Struggles
Do you ever go to bed at night feeling like you just screamed at your child all day? Do you feel like you are overly frustrated with the day, or feel like you are a bad parent because all you said was no all day long? Do you ever say to yourself, I have tried […]
Sad City
Recently Men’s Health magazine ranked St. Petersburg as the Saddest City in America. I went on ABC action news (watch here) to discuss is this really true? Whether you agree or disagree with the study, it does bring up some issues to be discussed. First, no matter what stage of life you may find yourself in […]
